I think it is time to take this back to the list now that we have better defined the problem.
List: please excuse the length of this message, it started out with:
"for some reason i can not make a user mail box mailbox with cyrus2
any ideas"
and progressed from there.
To summarize: The cyrus user authenticates fine (see the results of imtest and entries in /var/log/messages), but can not create mailboxes.
The system:
freebsd 4.7
cyrus-imapd 2.1.11
cyrus-sasl 2.?.? (wvg, could you supply the list with this info?)
the system uses saslauthd for authentication.
Among the admins in /etc/imapd.conf is cyrus. The user used mkimap (as cyrus) to create everything, but is unable to create mailboxes. A plain user can authenticate using imtest and issue commands to the imap server, but (of course) no mailbox exists.
wvg,
This is controlled by the "checkpoint" setting in the "EVENTS" section of /etc/cyrus.conf, which in your case is set to 30 minutes (the default),is cyrus soppesed to checkpiont so much my log is full of those enteries
seeems like the same error i get with cyradm do you think i should change
the permissions back to cyrus and group mail (pretty sure i already
tried that a few times but i can try agian) or does having cyrus in the
mail group have the same affect i also read some where that i should add
daemeon to the mail group as i have done already. i do not like messing
around with groups and permissions and modes in case it still does not
work and i forget to change things back it just gets messey.
xxx.xxx.xx.net > ~ $imtest -u cyrus -a cyrus localhost
S: * OK xxx.xxx.xx.net Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.11 server ready
C: C01 CAPABILITY
S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS
NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND SORT
THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE AUTH=DIGEST-MD5 AUTH=CRAM-MD5
S: C01 OK Completed
C: A01 AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5
S: +
bm9uY2U9IjhnQktPMWNJTWVTVnJndC9NUlM1emN2bE4reFdZZGsrcUo1alRYOVd6Qmc9IixyZWFsbT0idjIwLnZ4di4yeS5uZXQiLHFvcD0iYXV0aCxhdXRoLWludCxhdXRoLWNvbmYiLGNpcGhlcj0icmM0LTQwLHJjNC01NixyYzQsZGVzLDNkZXMiLG1heGJ1Zj00MDk2LGNoYXJzZXQ9dXRmLTgsYWxnb3JpdGhtPW1kNS1zZXNz
Please enter your password:
C:
dXNlcm5hbWU9ImN5cnVzIixyZWFsbT0idjIwLnZ4di4yeS5uZXQiLG5vbmNlPSI4Z0JLTzFjSU1lU1ZyZ3QvTVJTNXpjdmxOK3hXWWRrK3FKNWpUWDlXekJnPSIsY25vbmNlPSJ4ODdMTFFka2cvQlluRVZVR1dISitjTnQyQlVWSlN3OFA1Y3RiRFpKRmswPSIsbmM9MDAwMDAwMDEscW9wPWF1dGgtY29uZixjaXBoZXI9InJjNCIsbWF4YnVmPTEwMjQsZGlnZXN0LXVyaT0iaW1hcC9sb2NhbGhvc3Qudnh2LjJ5Lm5ldCIscmVzcG9uc2U9NDBiMzVmNTA2NmI1YzJkZGRhZmVkNGFjNjkyOGEzMjY=
S: + cnNwYXV0aD1iN2QxNzRmMWQ5NGE1NTExM2UxNmNmNGQ5NjBlYTVkNw==
C:
S: A01 OK Success (privacy protection)
Authenticated.
Security strength factor: 128
. create user.rmvg
. NO Permission denied
here is /var/log/messages
Jan 29 13:48:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[6067]: checkpointing cyrus databases
Jan 29 13:48:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[6067]: done checkpointing cyrus databases
Jan 29 14:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[6094]: checkpointing cyrus databases
Jan 29 14:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[6094]: done checkpointing cyrus databases
Jan 29 14:27:07 v20 imapd[6108]: can't access srvtab file /etc/srvtab: No
such file or directory
Jan 29 14:27:07 v20 imapd[6108]: OTP unavailable because can't read/write
key database /etc/opiekeys
Jan 29 14:27:12 v20 imapd[6108]: no user in db
Jan 29 14:27:12 v20 imapd[6108]: login: localhost.vxv.2y.net[127.0.0.1]
cyrus DIGEST-MD5 User logged
is cyrus soppesed to checkpiont so much my log is full of those enteries
there is still no /var/log/imapd,log entries
thanks but is still need some more advice i am really glad this list
exists
because i have been banging my head agiant the wall now for sometime adn
have gianed nothing on my own your help is much apperciated.
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Mike O'Rourke wrote:
> OK, from the imtest, it seems as though all of the SASL stuff is
> working, so you have a problem in the cyrus-imapd setup.
>
> You could try to create the mailbox without using cyradm as indicated
> on the list previously:
> imtest -u cyrus -a cyrus localhost
> and after you successfully authenticate as cyrus,
> . create user.rmvg
> this should respond with
> OK completed
> The mailbox is then there.
>
> If this works, it looks like you have a problem with cyradm or Perl. If
> it responds with "NO " and a reason, there is a problem with the cyrus
> databases created with the mkimap command.
>
> Let me know.
>
> Mike.
>
> >>> wvg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/29/03 10:26am >>>
> seems wierd since i set the permissions to cyrus and the group to mail
> like they told me to in the confige-install file. does this have
> something to do with ./mkimap. now they are user cyrus and
> group cyrus there was no user dir so i created one as the cyrus user
> now
> /var/spool/imap looks like this.
>
> drwxr-x--- 2 cyrus cyrus 512 Jan 3 20:31 stage.
> drwxr-xr-x 2 cyrus cyrus 512 Jan 29 01:51 user
>
> i think it is a problem with permissions so i added cyrus to the mail
> group and it still does not work. or at least i thing i added cyrus to
> the
> mail group. not sure how this group stuff works
>
> etc/group
>
> daemon:*:1:daemon
> mail:*:6:cyrus,daemon
> cyrus:*:60:
>
> here is my imtest stuff
>
> %cyradm localhost
> Password:
> localhost.xxx.xx.net> cm rmvg.user
> createmailbox: Permission denied
> localhost.xxx.xx.net> imtest -u rmvg -a rmvg localhost
> S: * OK xxx.xxx.xx.net Cyrus IMAP4 v2.1.11 server ready
> C: C01 CAPABILITY
> S: * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 ACL QUOTA LITERAL+ MAILBOX-REFERRALS
> NAMESPACE UIDPLUS ID NO_ATOMIC_RENAME UNSELECT CHILDREN MULTIAPPEND
> SORT
> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES IDLE AUTH=DIGEST-MD5
> AUTH=CRAM-MD5
> S: C01 OK Completed
> C: A01 AUTHENTICATE DIGEST-MD5
> S: +
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> Please enter your password:
> C:
> dXNlcm5hbWU9InJtdmciLHJlYWxtPSJ2MjAudnh2LjJ5Lm5ldCIsbm9uY2U9IjM1enFQT2x1bzVZZVQ0NVMxUDlVcEZYVVRwanpybk04UkNiaGlMNFNVc3M9Iixjbm9uY2U9IjlYMUYrZlhIbkNOaXFsS21BWG5vZUxWd3ZDOUNTR2VleFNxV2dUekMyWEU9IixuYz0wMDAwMDAwMSxxb3A9YXV0aC1jb25mLGNpcGhlcj0icmM0IixtYXhidWY9MTAyNCxkaWdlc3QtdXJpPSJpbWFwL2xvY2FsaG9zdC52eHYuMnkubmV0IixyZXNwb25zZT04YzU4NjRmNzQ0ZGExODc5NmUyNTQzZjFiNTA2NmNlMQ==
> S: + cnNwYXV0aD1hM2ZhYzIyMmNlYzQxYjI3MjNjYWU2YWZiMmRiYjZiMQ==
> C:
> S: A01 OK Success (privacy protection)
> Authenticated.
> Security strength factor: 128
> . select inbox
> . NO Mailbox does not exist
>
> lm just gives me a blank line
>
> what does the star mean i have added the following lines to my
> syslog.conf
> file already should i use a * instead
>
> local6.debug /var/log/imapd.log
> auth.debug /var/log/auth.log
>
> i will set the debug to a star like this
>
> local6.* /var/log/imapd.log
> auth.* /var/log/auth.log
>
> here is the output of /var/log/messages while i tried this stuff also
> i
> tried to log in useing outlook at the bottom and i think it works just
> know mailbox
>
>
> 29 01:48:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[5175]: checkpointing cyrus databases
> Jan 29 01:48:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[5175]: done checkpointing cyrus
> databases
> Jan 29 01:49:39 v20 su: rmvg to root on /dev/ttyp2
> Jan 29 01:51:55 v20 imapd[5192]: can't access srvtab file /etc/srvtab:
> No
> such file or direc
> Jan 29 01:51:56 v20 imapd[5192]: OTP unavailable because can't
> read/write
> key database /etc/
> Jan 29 01:52:01 v20 imapd[5192]: no user in db
> Jan 29 01:52:01 v20 imapd[5192]: login:
> localhost.vxv.2y.net[127.0.0.1]
> cyrus DIGEST-MD5 Use
> Jan 29 01:53:20 v20 imapd[5195]: can't access srvtab file /etc/srvtab:
> No
> such file or direc
> Jan 29 01:53:20 v20 imapd[5195]: OTP unavailable because can't
> read/write
> key database /etc/
> Jan 29 01:52:01 v20 imapd[5192]: no user in db
> Jan 29 01:52:01 v20 imapd[5192]: login:
> localhost.vxv.2y.net[127.0.0.1]
> cyrus DIGEST-MD5 Use
> Jan 29 01:53:20 v20 imapd[5195]: can't access srvtab file /etc/srvtab:
> No
> such file or direc
> Jan 29 01:53:20 v20 imapd[5195]: OTP unavailable because can't
> read/write
> key database /etc/
> Jan 29 01:53:25 v20 imapd[5195]: no user in db
> Jan 29 01:53:25 v20 imapd[5195]: login:
> localhost.vxv.2y.net[127.0.0.1]
> rmvg DIGEST-MD5 User
> Jan 29 02:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[5223]: checkpointing cyrus databases
> Jan 29 02:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[5223]: done checkpointing cyrus
> databases
> Jan 29 02:21:00 v20 imapd[5227]: can't access srvtab file /etc/srvtab:
> No
> such file or direc
> Jan 29 02:21:00 v20 imapd[5227]: OTP unavailable because can't
> read/write
> key database /etc/
> Jan 29 02:21:01 v20 imapd[5227]: login: [192.168.0.2] rmvg plaintext
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Mike O'Rourke wrote:
>
> > OK, a couple of things here:
> >
> > Problem 1:
> >
> > I use linux (suse) and Tru64 unix, and don't know that much about
> > freebsd, but some unixes do not log anything other than what is on
> the
> > line in the syslog config file. You might try something like
> > local6.* /var/log/imapd.log
> >
> > Problem 2:
> > It looks like you are authenticating OK since the entry in
> > /var/log/messages says that cyrus is logged in.
> >
> > What are the permissions/ownership on /var/spool/imap/user?
> >
> > In cyradm, what are the results of lm?
> >
> > What happens when you do an "imtest -u rmvg -a rmvg localhost"?
> >
> > If you successfully authenticate, try a
> > . select inbox
> > and see what happens.
> >
> > Mike.
> >
> > >>> wvg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/27/03 10:15pm >>>
> > sorry about that last message i was frusterated and did not know
> where
> > to
> > begin however since then i have reposted the following message that
> > has
> > some usefull info in it
> >
> > I have been tring to get my cyrus2 with sasl2 on freebsd version 4.7
> > to
> > work for some time now
> >
> > I set everything up the way i was told to do so in
> > /usr/local/share/doc/cyrus2-imapd/text/install-config
> >
> > my /etc/imapd.conf
> >
> > configdirectory: /var/imap
> > partition-default: /var/spool/imap
> > admins: cyrus root rmvg
> > #srvtab: /var/imap/srvtab
> > #sasl_pwcheck_method: shadow
> > sasl_pwcheck_method: saslauthd
> > #sasl_pwcheck_method: auxprop
> >
> > my permissions for /var/imap dir
> > drwxr-x--- 12 cyrus mail 512 Jan 25 16:24 imap
> >
> > my permissions for /var/spool/imap
> > drwxr-x--- 3 cyrus mail 512 Jan 3 20:31 imap
> >
> > my permision for /usr/sieves
> > drwxr-x--- 2 cyrus mail 512 Jan 12 22:15 sieve
> >
> > when i tried to
> > su cyrus
> > /tools/mkimap
> > mkimap:command not found.
> >
> > so i changed the permissions on /usr/local/cyrus to
> > drwxr-x--- 3 cyrus mail 512 Jan 3 22:43 cyrus
> > and still got
> > su cyrus
> > /tools/mkimap
> > mkimap:command not found.
> >
> > so i tried this still as the cyrus user and it worked
> > ./mkimap
> > \reading configure file...
> > i will configure directory /var/imap.
> > i saw partition /var/spool/imap.
> > you are using /var/imap/sieve as your sieve directory.
> > done
> > creating /var/imap...
> > creating /var/imap/sieve...
> > creating /var/spool/imap...
> > done
> > all the following servies are there
> > pop3 110/tcp
> > imap 143/tcp
> > imsp 406/tcp
> > acap 674/tcp
> > imaps 993/tcp
> > pop3s 995/tcp
> > kpop 1109/tcp
> > sieve 2000/tcp
> > lmtp 2003/tcp
> > fud 4201/udp
> >
> > my /etc/imapd.conf
> > # standard standalone server implementation
> >
> > START {
> > # do not delete this entry!
> > recover cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -r"
> >
> > # this is only necessary if using idled for IMAP IDLE
> > # idled cmd="idled"
> > # UNIX sockets start with a slash and are put into /var/imap/socket
> > SERVICES {
> > # add or remove based on preferences
> > imap cmd="imapd" listen="imap" prefork=0
> > imaps cmd="imapd -s" listen="imaps" prefork=0
> > pop3 cmd="pop3d" listen="pop3" prefork=0
> > pop3s cmd="pop3d -s" listen="pop3s" prefork=0
> > sieve cmd="timsieved" listen="sieve" prefork=0
> >
> > # at least one LMTP is required for delivery
> > # lmtp cmd="lmtpd" listen="lmtp" prefork=0
> > lmtpunix cmd="lmtpd" listen="/var/imap/socket/lmtp" prefork=0
> >
> > # this is only necessary if using notifications
> > # notify cmd="notifyd" listen="/var/imap/socket/notify"
> > proto="udp"
> > prefo
> > }
> >
> > EVENTS {
> > # this is required
> > checkpoint cmd="ctl_cyrusdb -c" period=30
> >
> > # this is only necessary if using duplicate delivery suppression
> > delprune cmd="ctl_deliver -E 3" at=0400
> >
> >
> > # this is only necessary if caching TLS sessions
> > tlsprune cmd="tls_prune" at=0400
> > }
> >
> > MY FIRST PROBLEM
> >
> > /var/imapd.log is empty
> > /var/auth.log is empty
> >
> > copied the following lines to /etc/syslog
> >
> > local6.debug /var/log/imapd.log
> > auth.debug /var/log/auth.log
> >
> > still nothing in the logs
> > are the permissions for the logs right or should they be cyrus and
> > like the above files and dirctoies
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 0 Dec 31 19:33 imapd.log
> > -rw------- 1 root wheel 98125 Jan 25 17:23 auth.log
> >
> > however there is some stuff in /var/log/messages
> > on a clean reboot this is what the log contains
> >
> > Jan 25 17:18:43 v20 master[150]: process started
> > Jan 25 17:18:44 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[154]: recovering cyrus databases
> > Jan 25 17:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[154]: done recovering cyrus
> databases
> > Jan 25 17:18:46 v20 master[150]: ready for work
> > Jan 25 17:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[179]: checkpointing cyrus databases
> > Jan 25 17:18:46 v20 ctl_cyrusdb[179]: done checkpointing cyrus
> > databases
> >
> >
> > PROBLEM 2
> >
> >
> > Cannot create mailboxes for my users
> >
> > #su cyrus
> > %cyradm localhost
> > Password:
> > localhost.xxx.xxx.net> createmailbox user.rmvg
> > createmailbox: Permission denied
> > localhost.xxx.xxx.net> cm user.rmvg
> > createmailbox: Permission denied
> > localhost.xxx.xxx.net> whoami
> > cyrus
> > localhost.xxx.xxx.net>
> >
> > This is what happens in my /var/log/messages
> > Jan 25 17:29:13 v20 imapd[209]: can't access srvtab file
> /etc/srvtab:
> > No
> > such file or directory
> > Jan 25 17:29:14 v20 imapd[209]: OTP unavailable because can't
> > read/write
> > key database /etc/opiekeys: Permission denied
> > Jan 25 17:29:17 v20 imapd[209]: no user in db
> > Jan 25 17:29:17 v20 imapd[209]: login:
> localhost.vxv.2y.net[127.0.0.1]
> > cyrus DIGEST-MD5 User logged in
> >
> > Locally (ssh2 to my server) using pine I can send and receive mail
> and
> > when I try to connect using outlook I get this in the
> > /var/log/messeage
> >
> > Jan 25 17:38:30 v20 imapd[235]: can't access srvtab file
> /etc/srvtab:
> > No
> > such file or directory
> > Jan 25 17:38:30 v20 imapd[235]: OTP unavailable because can't
> > read/write
> > key database /etc/opiekeys: Permission denied
> > Jan 25 17:38:30 v20 imapd[235]: login: [192.168.0.2] rmvg plaintext
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 27 Jan 2003, Mike O'Rourke wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am responding to you off the list since on the surface, this
> does
> > not
> > > seem to be a SASL problem.
> > >
> > > What is the software on your system
> > > - Cyrus IMAPD version
> > > - Cyrus SASL version
> > > - OS
> > > - etc.
> > > How is it set up
> > > - Authentication method in /usr/(local/)lib/sasl(2)/Cyrus.conf
> > > - Setup in /etc/imapd.conf and /etc/cyrus.conf
> > > What command do you use to add the mailbox?
> > > What response do you see?
> > > Any errors, etc?
> > >
> > > Mike.
> > >
> > > >>> wvg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/25/03 04:23am >>>
> > > for some reason i can not make a user mail box mailbox with cyrus2
> > > any ideas
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
